Sushma Swaraj, External Affaris Minister lashed out at a request for transfer on Sunday to end ‘banwas’ or banishment between husband and wife who worked in two different states in India.

Swaraj took the request for transfer on a social media platform as an offense and said, “If you or your wife were from my ministry and such a request for transfer was made on twitter, I would have sent a suspension order by now.”

If you or your wife were from my Ministry and such a request for transfer was made on twitter, I would have sent a suspension order by now. https://t.co/LImngQwFh6

Nonetheless she did forward the request to the railway minister, Suresh Prabhu.

‘Smit Raj’ took to Twitter on Sunday and requested the minister to transfer his wife, who was a government railway employee in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh for over a year, to a place closer to Pune Maharashtra, where he works in the IT sector.

@SushmaSwaraj Can u plz help us in ending our banwas in India? My wife is in Jhansi Rly employee and I work in Pune in IT. Been a year+.

His faith in Swaraj to help out in ending the ‘banwas in India’ was brought on as the minister had earlier forwarded a request for passport by a man who worked in America and whose wife was unable to get a passport.

Swaraj forwarded the request to the Consular, Passport and Visa Division while she said, “This banwas should end soon.”